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Home > GCSE > History > GCSE AQA History Revision Booklet for Paper 1 on Wednesday the 9th fo June, covering from Section A: the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Causes of the 2nd World War. And from Section B covering Britain in the 1st World War.

GCSE AQA History Revision Booklet for Paper 1 on Wednesday the 9th fo June, covering from Section A: the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Causes of the 2nd World War. And from Section B covering Britain in the 1st World War.

A 47 page Revision Booklet, for History paper 1 GCSE AQA. The exam is next Wednesday (Wednesday 9th 2010) and the revision booklet covers Everything that could come up. It does not include Option Z: Britain in the Second World War, or International history 1900-1914, as my coursework I completed in class based on thsoe topics, means I will not be tested on them. This Revision Booklet Does Not include Paper 2 which is based on Option A: Russia/USSR, Option B: Germany 1918 - 1939, Option C: The USA 1919-1941.

Again, this revsiion booklet covers intenrational history from 1914- 1918 [BRITAIN IN THE FIRST WW], 1918 -1939 [TREATY OF VERSAILLES, LEAGUE OF NATIONS, CAUSES OF SECOND WW], and finally 1945-1962 [THE COLD WAR]

BY CIARAN O'CONNELL GCSE History Paper 1 Revision Guide Revision Guide By Ciaran O'Connell Covering the 1st World War, the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, the Causes of the 2nd World War and the Cold war from 1945-62 1

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The USA didn't join in the League The League wasn't powerful enoughMore international Agreements, 1921 - 1929 The main agreements, 1921-1929 A chance of peace These agreements had problemsCAUSES OF THE 2ND WORLD WARThe Manchurian Crisis, 1931 - 1933 Why Japan invaded China Japanese Aggression led to the Manchurian Crisis What the League of Nations did Japans response The League was weakenedThe Invasion of Abyssinia, 1935 Why Italy invaded Abyssinia The Invasion The Results of the InvasionThe Failure of the…read more

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Chamberlain and the policy of Appeasement Czechoslovakia, 1938 (CONTINUED) The Munich Agreement was an example of appeasement Why Appeasement was popular In March 1939 Hitler took over the rest of Czechoslovakia Poland, 1939 The USSR made a pact with HitlerTHE COLD WAR, 1945 - 1962 Planning the Post-war Future, 1945 Yalta, Feb 1945 Events between Yalta and Potsdam Potsdam, August 1945 Inceasing Tension between the USA and the USSR 3 Reasons for tension between the USA and the USSR The USA was worried about…read more

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The Cold War in Asia The Korean War, 1950-1953 A Communist government in Vietnam, 1954 The Geneva Agreement, 1954The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1961 Cuba, 1940-1959 Castro's Reign The Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961 The Cuban Missile CrisisTHE FIRST WORLD WARTrench Warfare, 1914 - 1918 Reasons for Stalemate New weapons were developedThe Battle of the Somme, July ­ November 1916 The Battle The ResultThe War at Sea, 1914 - 1918 The Blockades and U-boat CampaignThe Contribution of Empire troops Volunteers…read more

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Conscription Women during the First World WarFood Shortages, 1917-1918 The Reason for Food Shortages 1. Navy convoys protected merchant ships coming in to Britain 2. Food Rationing started in 1918 3.…read more

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From LEFT to RIGHT: George Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, and David Lloyd GeorgeTHE MAIN CONCERNS 1. Millions of people were dead or injured; countries like Belgium and France were devastated; the main powers had spent too much money on the War. 2. Many people wanted Germany to take all the blame, especially in Britain and in France most of all ­ Germany wasn't allowed to take part in the talks but most Germans didn't accept this. 3.…read more

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But the Fourteen Points were an important part of the peace process ­ especially point 14 which called for a League of Nations to settle disputes. This was going to become very important between the two World Wars.THE VERSAILLES TREATY, JUNE 1919 THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES WAS SIGNED ON 28TH JUNE 1919TERMS OF THE TREATYMILITARY 1. The German Army was restricted to 100,000 men 2. The German Navy was restricted to 6 battleships and no submarines. 3.…read more

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TERRITORIAL [LAND LOST TO OTHER COUNTRIES] 1. Alsace and Lorraine was given to France 2. North Schleswig was given to Denmark 3. Eupen and Malmedy was given to Belgium 4. Posen, Silesia and West Prussia was given to Poland. This was known as a `corridor' to the Baltic Sea, which cut East Prussia off from Germany 5. Germany was forbidden from Anschluss (unification) with Austria 6. The Rhineland was demilitarised 1.…read more